Astros reliever Wesley Wright was icing his left shoulder and elbow after a one-inning scoreless outing when special assistant to the general manager Doug Brocial, a former teammate, stopped by to reinforce a point: “If it’s good enough to get ahead with, it’s good enough to get outs with.” …

Wandy Rodriguez was back in his spring form Monday, and that’s not a good thing for the Astros.
Rodriguez, a perennial slow starter, allowed six earned runs despite not even finishing his prescribed two innings on Monday. …

Yes, you can bet on spring training baseball. Every game. For 10 figurative cans of soda, you can put yourself at the mercy of pitchers feeling out their stuff, hitters tracking pitches and low Class A veterans. …